THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Radical cleric Abu Hamza has left British soil and is en route to the United States with four other terror suspects after being deported from the UK, Home Secretary Theresa May said today.
Speaking after the US-bound flights had taken off from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, Mrs May said: "I can confirm that tonight two planes have left RAF Mildenhall to transport Abu Hamza, Babar Ahmad, Adel Abdul Bary, Syed Ahsan and Khalid al-Fawwaz to the US to face trial.
"I am pleased the decision of the court today meant that these men, who used every available opportunity to frustrate and delay the extradition process over many years, could finally be removed.
"This government has co-operated fully with the courts and pressed at every stage to ensure this happened.
"We have worked tirelessly, alongside the US authorities, the police and the prison service, to put plans in place so that tonight these men could be handed over within hours of the court's decision.
"It is right that these men, who are all accused of very serious offences, will finally face justice." » | Martin Beckford, Home Affairs Editor | Saturday, October 06, 2012
THE GUARDIAN: Abu Hamza and other four terror suspects face 'clean version of hell': If convicted in a US court, the five terror suspects are likely to end up in the harsh 'supermax' prison at Florence, Colorado » | Alan Travis, home affairs editor | Friday, October 05, 2012
